Reboot

[riversma]

How do you safely powerdown the server? I am corupting the filesystem by just hitting the power button.

[stevech]

In Linux, you normally use a GUI tool to shutdown, or use a terminal window to issue the "shutdown" command.

But on today's PCs, just tapping the power button should signal Linux to do a graceful shutdown after signaling all processes to exit - and SageTV should do so. Of course, the BIOS has to be setup for this.

[dbfresh23]

Originally Posted by stevech

In Linux, you normally use a GUI tool to shutdown

ummm... no - well I guess it depends what you call normal - being that there are so many different x desktops, I'd hardly consider any gui normal.

"shutdown -h now" will bring the machine down when typed into a terminal window.

"shutdown -r now" will reboot

oh don't include the quotes...

[HairBear]

How do you get to the promt from SageTV? I have been using ssh to do it but what if one has no way to ssh to the machine?

[riversma]

Im not using a monitor. ill just log on to the network and do it thanks for your help.


after the system fires up the lan connection then press Ctrl + c will get you to the prompt.

i figured out just holding on to the power button for 3 seconds will get you to the prompt also when your in the sage gui.

[AboveUnrefined]

reboot and poweroff are other commands that'll work... but I don't get why a system would immediately turn off on a power button tap but act as a tap after holding down the power button for 3 seconds -- it sounds (and I think it is) backwards -- if I tap the power button and x cuts out and if I hold the system will do a dirty power off.

[_Demo_]

There is currently a bug that prevents shutdown from happening, a simple workaround is to edit the file /root/.xinit and add "shutdown -h now" on the last line. After doing that, simply press power for a fraction of a second and the computer will shutdown cleanly.

_Demo_

[stevech]

Doesn't SageTV honor the Kernel's ATX power supply standard for a BIOS interrupt when you tap the power button - and signal all processes to stop and then it shuts down like Windows XP does? The Linuxes I've had do this. Not related to X windows.

[kevk]

Originally Posted by _Demo_

There is currently a bug that prevents shutdown from happening, a simple workaround is to edit the file /root/.xinit and add "shutdown -h now" on the last line. After doing that, simply press power for a fraction of a second and the computer will shutdown cleanly.

_Demo_

Can someone Please tell me where I find this File? on Sage tv OEM dist???

Thanks

[dbfresh23]

do ls -a to see hidden files - files that start with a .

[kevk]

Originally Posted by dbfresh23

do ls -a to see hidden files - files that start with a .

I have this shutdown problem (when pressing power button computer exits sagetv and ends at the command prompt, I want the pc to complete shutdown)
I was thinking if i add the line "shutdown -h now" to the file /root/.xinit as mentioned above.then possibly the pc would shutdown correctly when pressing the power switch)

When I try edit the file xinit I get a blank file..In root dir I typed the following "Nano .xinit" ... I have looked further and found in /etc/xinit.d/ shutdown.sh file... Which I thought maybe would solve the problem...

[_Demo_]

Sorry about that, it should be nano /root/.xinitrc

[kevk]

Originally Posted by _Demo_

Sorry about that, it should be nano /root/.xinitrc

Thanks works 100%